tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post2173616355549931540..comments2024-03-26T18:28:06.391-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: Face-Lift 959Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-50449257880282525572011-10-12T10:43:22.295-04:002011-10-12T10:43:22.295-04:00I am intrigued.
For younger readers, have you con...I am intrigued.<br /><br />For younger readers, have you considered it from the s.d'd point of view? Your dog hears the same thing expulsions/questions you do everyday. <br /><br />A poodle is a perfect breed to add a different dimension to what the public perceives to be a sd. <br /><br />You've got fertile ground for myth busting. <br /><br />Maybe define your market clearly and stick with it. Sounds like you want to explain life with a sd<br />to kids but the info/experience you have over grew the story. I think you need to pick one. You could add a note/chapter to the grownups.Wilkins MacQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601091849024992561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-45924256155844260242011-10-12T04:49:44.839-04:002011-10-12T04:49:44.839-04:00Okay, now I want to read the book about how we lea...Okay, now I want to read the book about how we learnt to understand how poodles see things.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-20101806923628189522011-10-11T16:41:40.090-04:002011-10-11T16:41:40.090-04:00AlaskaRavenclaw: The first ones were before me. I&...AlaskaRavenclaw: The first ones were before me. I'd seen the TV shows, and seen an article, but nowhere did they suggest how it was done---because they didn't know. Some people seriously thought the dogs were psychic. We figured out that it was scent.<br /><br />I don't teach them it's 'fun' so much as their 'responsibility' to handle. The Poodles see it as a challenge and a duty.Khazar-khumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-44512259535299536952011-10-11T09:15:21.023-04:002011-10-11T09:15:21.023-04:00K-K, ps-- my sister's in rehabilitation counse...K-K, ps-- my sister's in rehabilitation counseling and told me about how the seizure dog discovery was made... waitasecond, that was you?AlaskaRavenclawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-55013758494314108792011-10-11T08:12:09.197-04:002011-10-11T08:12:09.197-04:00Khazar-Khum, this is going to be a difficult one t...Khazar-Khum, this is going to be a difficult one to pinpoint. You need to hone in on audience.<br /><br />The 60k is really too long even for the school library report-writing market. <br /><br />There are several Timmy Gets a Guide Dog picture books already. Focusing on the seizure dogs might give you more of an edge. I'm not sure if that's been done. (But you can find out pretty quickly on WorldCat or amazon.)<br /><br />I'd say go to the library, find recent nonfiction books-- not necessarily similar in subject matter, but similar in format to what you want to do. Do a rough word count. Identify the publishers and go from there.<br /><br />Jo-Ann, no, how did you become a vegetarian?AlaskaRavenclawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-40753261428943812662011-10-11T05:00:12.367-04:002011-10-11T05:00:12.367-04:00I saw a short segment in a tv programme about trai...I saw a short segment in a tv programme about training dogs to alert their owners to upcoming seizures. It involved a woman lying on the floor while the trainer played with and rewarded the dog. Apparently the idea was to teach the dog that a seizure is the most exciting wonderful thing EVER!<br /><br />I guess you work with what the dog's got.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-26754298513995077442011-10-11T01:15:49.875-04:002011-10-11T01:15:49.875-04:00Jo-Ann: My first seizure dog, Cybele, was alerting...Jo-Ann: My first seizure dog, Cybele, was alerting me--and I was too dumb to understand what she was doing. It took me waking up in the chair with her holding me in place before I understood. After that it was a matter of figuring our how she knew, and how to fine tune our working together. <br /><br />It's a scent, BTW. When it was time to train Mia, it was easier because we knew what to have her respond to. I made some suggestions about what a seizure alerter should do to the IAADP, and those are now part of the program.<br /><br />I have anywhere from 2-100 seizures daily, so teaching them what to look for is easy for me. For someone who isn't so "lucky" they are taught first to respond to shaking/odd movement; over time they will learn their person's unique scent.Khazar-khumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-42332436527739117032011-10-10T17:25:01.395-04:002011-10-10T17:25:01.395-04:00@Alaska - doggy restaurnt, eh? There's a few o...@Alaska - doggy restaurnt, eh? There's a few of them in Hong Kong and China. As I found out after picking something from a menu without really understanding what it was. <br />Did I ever tell the story of how I became a vegetarian?<br />@ writer the part about training a dog to alert the human about an impending seizure sounds really interesting. How many seizures does the dog need to be exposed to in its training to learn to respond? Does that involve triggering a seizure? Do you use animals bred to have seizures to provide the dog with enough training? I might have to waste more time googling this to find out. At this rate, my WIP will have to wait even longer.Jo-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705983780352542190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-34262830028153552032011-10-10T16:55:28.535-04:002011-10-10T16:55:28.535-04:00Author here.
I need all the input I can get! Sha...Author here. <br /><br />I need all the input I can get! Shaping this to fit the needs of the market is a tough one.<br /><br />We get stopped by people daily who ask the same questions over and over. My idea was a book that would cover the basic questions.<br /><br />I couldn't decide if it would be better told as a story(ie, Tim's grandma gets a service dog), or a more comprehensive question/answer book. <br /><br />There is a lot of misunderstanding in regards to service dogs. You would be surprised by some of the things that I hear on a daily basis. The most common is "Poodles can't be service dogs!" Mia is a Standard Poodle, and has become something of an ambassador.Khazar-khumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-38196552294125692082011-10-10T15:13:46.450-04:002011-10-10T15:13:46.450-04:00pps-- in re GTP #5; there actually was a doggy res...pps-- in re GTP #5; there actually was a doggy restaurant in Anchorage at one time.<br /><br />Very briefly.<br /><br />Very very briefly.AlaskaRavenclawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-87082125916326521972011-10-10T14:45:03.666-04:002011-10-10T14:45:03.666-04:00ps-- by "How is yours different" I mean ...ps-- by "How is yours different" I mean your book, not your experience.AlaskaRavenclawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-46179407003602480462011-10-10T13:36:10.317-04:002011-10-10T13:36:10.317-04:00150 raises a good point. A picture book seems more...150 raises a good point. A picture book seems more suited to the too-young-to-know-better-than-to-point crowd.<br /><br />Your query says "school library market" to me. These are the sort of hardcover books-- 128 pages with photographs-- that are published specifically for libraries so that kids can check them out when they're doing a report for school. I've written a couple of these. You get about $2,500 a pop. Because that's not enough money to attract an agent, you sell direct to the publisher. <br /><br />A quick amazon search shows that there are already several kids' books on this topic.It's likely some if not all of the authors of the other books have experience training service dogs.<br /><br /> How is yours different?AlaskaRavenclawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-15974689069369227822011-10-10T11:58:47.485-04:002011-10-10T11:58:47.485-04:00Are the people going "Doggy! Mommy look! Wow-...Are the people going "Doggy! Mommy look! Wow-wow! Puppy! POODLE!" really up for 60k of history and law? When is the last time you heard of a parent reading a 60k nonfiction book to their seven-year-old?150noreply@blogger.com